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The immediate goals for Hassan Whiteside are as simple as ripping rebounds out of opponents' hands, slapping shots back in their faces.
It is not necessarily the most accommodating approach to winning over friends, but that's not what matters at the...

If Michael Beasley ever loses track of his NBA roots, he merely has to dial himself up.
"I've still got a 954 area code," he said with a smile Thursday night before his Milwaukee Bucks played the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena.
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When it comes from within it can, at times, feel cliché -- trusting the process, doing it the right way, fitting the culture. And then there are times when the outside perspective provides reassuring confirmation, something the Heat very much could...

Udonis Haslem laughed at the notion. No, he said, he won't step out of the huddle Thursday night when the Miami Heat honor Dwyane Wade with a video montage during the first timeout at AmericanAirlines Arena.
"I saw the highlights personally,"...

This is the discussion no one wants to have, certainly not Erik Spoelstra, and certainly not now, with his Miami Heat coming off an inspiring preseason moment in San Antonio.
It also is one that could prove both avoidable and moot if internal preseason...

Even with the ability to speak four languages, Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic appreciates there still is the possibility of something getting lost in the translation. That reality has had him particularly upset over the past week.
Interviewed by TNT...

Q: This is pointless, as I'm dwelling on the past. But why did the Heat not draft Devin Booker instead of Justise Winslow? No, we don't need multi-dimensional players. We need offensive specialists, like Booker. Reliable shooters. Pat Riley again was...

So will the Miami Heat make the playoffs? According to one offshore book you can more than triple your money if you're confidence runs that way.
Or, you can get 4-to-15 odds if you believe that Erik Spoelstra's team will tumble into the lottery in the...

The NBA calendar this season will be different for Chris Bosh. But it is one that still will directly impact the Miami Heat. In fact, it is one that largely will be dictated by the Heat.
With Bosh away from the team after failing his preseason physical...

Amid somewhat greater clarity with sidelined power forward Chris Bosh, the Bovada.lv offshore sports book has set the over-under betting line on the Heat's win total for 2016-17 at 34 1/2 games.
As a matter of perspective, the last time the Heat won...

The Miami Heat have crossed the threshold that formally places them among sport's ultimate underdogs: They are now a 100-to-1 shot to win this season's NBA championship.
Listed at a somewhat respectable 33-to-1 by the Bovada.lv offshore book at the close...

Goran Dragic appreciates this has never been about him, not when his is merely a basketball story.
But here he stands again, at the crossroads of opportunity and expectation, unable to stand alongside one of the premier power forwards of his era.
In...

Goran Dragic joined the Miami Heat's informal workouts at AmericanAirlines Arena on Wednesday, leaving Chris Bosh as the lone member of the team's 19-player roster yet to participate in the offseason sessions.
Dragic arrived in South Florida on Tuesday...

Success is the ultimate goal. For now, Derrick Williams is glad to start with something as simple as stability.
"I've had five coaches in two seasons alone." the free-agent forward signed by the Miami Heat in July said. "So it's hard to be...

Just when the Miami Heat thought they were out, Chris Bosh pulled them back into that locker room at Air Canada Centre after the Game 7 loss to the Toronto Raptors in May.
It was, to say the least, a most unusual atmosphere for a team that would not play...

Brandon Knight hasn't needed much time to learn the business side of playing in NBA. The Phoenix Suns are his third team in five seasons. He's had just about enough time to unpack at each spot before moving to the next city. Despite so much change,...

Russell Westbrook saved the Oklahoma City Thunder by agreeing to his extension. At least that's the impression from the events of the past few days.
In the process, he also may have saved the sanity of the 2016-17 NBA season.
It is an argument that...

Amare Stoudemire isn't done yet.
After retiring from the NBA on July 26, the former Miami Heat center signed a two-year contract Monday to play for Israeli team Hapoel Jerusalem.
Stoudemire says it was a very emotional decision for him and his family....

Hassan Whiteside's three initial meetings at the start of NBA free agency will be with the Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers, a source familiar with the process confirmed Thursday to the Sun Sentinel.
Whiteside said this week he was...

The choice was then as it has panned out now: Savor something special at Prime 112 or feast to your heart's content at Golden Corral.
The Miami Heat went for the streak and bypassed the buffet in last year's NBA draft with the selection of Justise...